Maybe that's because of the strong smell of corruption that wafts from those - the people and the processes - administering his punishment, his banning from the sport.

I'm still waiting to see evidence untainted by jealousy, by resentment of his successes, and for an explanation of how, time after time, testing of the man failed to yield any results that would disqualify him from his cycling honors.

Get me some real, scientific, untainted proof, if you can, and then we can talk.